Facebook to Discontinue Messaging Feature in Mobile App

Users of Facebook’s mobile app will soon need a separate app to message friends, a Facebook spokesman said Wednesday. The move, which Facebook hopes will increase use of its separate mobile-messaging app, is part of Facebook’s strategy of rolling out multiple apps offering different features of its core product.

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